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Why the Adonis Blue Butterfly is our logo.

The Adonis Blue Butterfly represents:-

What we do

• A fine airframe that utilises Orange components.

Our aims

• Orange Aero aims to be a more comprehensive supplier to airlines.  
• A supplier of aircraft units, assemblies and components.

Where we come from

• British
• Found in the Chiltern Hills close to our Thame facility.
• Found on the South Downs close to our East Grinstead facility.

Our values

• Attractive.  
• Specialised.
• Highly efficient.
• Flourishes in a clean and conserved environment.
• Not endangered.

About the Adonis Blue Butterfly.

The Adonis Blue (male) is a small and very rare butterfly, who's habitat encompasses chalk and limestone grassland. The males are blue and females are brown with a row of orange spots with blue edges on the hind-wing.

Latin name: Polyommatus bellargus

Family group: Blues

Countries: England

Size: Small (17mm wingspan)

In the UK, the Adonis Blue is declining in some areas, and recovering in others. The beautiful blue butterfly is one of the most characteristic species of southern chalk downland, where it flies low over short-grazed turf. The males have brilliant sky-blue wings, while the females are brown and far less conspicuous. Both sexes have distinctive black lines that enter or cross the white fringes to the wings. Despite its restricted distribution, the butterfly can be seen in many hundreds on good sites. The Adonis Blue has suffered a major decline through its entire range, but has recently re-expanded in some regions. Winter is passed as a small caterpillar.

Conservation status

UK BAP status: (formerly Priority)

Butterfly Conservation priority: medium

European threat status: not threatened

Protected in Great Britain for sale only

European/world range across Europe from southern Spain to Lithuania (not in Scandinavia) and east across Russia. Declining in many northern European countries but more stable in south.

Foodplants: The sole foodplant is Horseshoe Vetch (Hippocrepis comosa).

Habitat: Dry, chalk or limestone grassland with abundant foodplants growing in short turf 1–4 cm tall, except in sheltered quarries where slightly taller vegetation may be used. Most colonies occur on warm, south-facing slopes where favoured breeding areas are often sheltered hollows, especially old chalk pits and quarries.